Your drunk voicemail goes viral and suddenly you're France's accidental sex symbol. Relatable?
Georges Le Roi lives odd jobs and shares his life between two girlfriends. One day, he falls in love with Sophie and records a message of love. The tape is mistakenly broadcast in the company. In the face of success, Sophie founded the company Tell me about love and spread the messages of Georges, who soon became a sex symbol.
Acting
Francis Perrin's endearing everyman clumsiness carries the entire film.
Production
Gloriously dated 1981 Paris captures a specific pre-digital moment.
Director
Claude Confortès
Francis Perrin
Georges Le Roi
Marie-Christine Descouard
Sophie Labranche
Isabelle Mejias
Suzanne
Fanny Cottençon
La femme à la terrasse du Trocadéro
Bernadette Lafont
Denise, la voisine de Georges
Evelyne Buyle
Daisy
Luis Rego
L'homme sur la terrasse du Trocadéro
Sophie Agacinski
La psychanalyste
Maurice Baquet
Le patron de l'hôtel
Jean-Paul Farré
Le docteur Bitoune, sexologue
Jean-Marc Thibault
Le grincheux à l'hôtel
Roland Giraud
L'inspecteur principal Boldec
Claude Berri
L'agent de police
Eugène Ionesco
Le pharmacien
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film captures France's brief obsession with 'confessional' media before reality TV existed—Georges's accidental broadcast predicts decades of viral fame culture.
Director Claude Confortès was primarily a theater director; this was his attempt at commercial cinema, and it shows in the stagey energy.
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